Rolling toy



Mar. 20,1923. 1,448,724

v c. BUJGER ROLLING TOY Filed Jar 15, 1922 IN VENTOB A framvzr Patented Mar. 20, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

CYRIL BUJGER, or ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

ROLLING TOY.

Application filed January 13, 1922. Serial No. 529,032.

push along on the floor, sidewalk or road,

and at will, give a signal of its coming.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a top view of the improved toy with some parts omitted.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the complete toy. except the guard ring of the propeller which is in section.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3 in Fig.2.

Fig. 4 is a detail top view of the propeller shaped spinner alone.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 5 designates the ground wheel and is provided with a rubber face 6 and a peripheral groove 7 for an endless belt 8. The wheel rotates on a stud 9 fixed near the front end of a frame bar 10, whose rear end is formed into a handle 11.

The belt 8 rotates a small pulley 12, which is fixed to a bevel gear 13 and rotates with the latter on a stud 14 fixed in the bar 10.

The gear 13 drives a bevel pinion 15 which is fixed on a vertically disposed shaft 16 having fixed on its upper end a propeller I 17 the blades of which are united and guarded by a peripheric ring 18 so as not to catch the clothes of a child operating the toy. The shaft 16 is journaled in a suitable frame bracket 19. fixed on the frame'bar 1O 7 and extends down into the latter so as to be supported upon the stud let inside the frame 'bar, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2;

upward to form a push piece 29. It also has a fixed collar 30 between which and the lug 28 is interposed a compression coil spring. 31, which normally holds lever 26 with its lower arm against a stop-ping pin 32 and the upper arm in such contact with the clapper arm that the clapper must rebound from the bell and let it sound after each stroke by the I clapper.

In the operation of the toy the child grasps the handle 11, raises the frame bar to a an inclined position and pushes forward with the wheel 6-7 resting on the surface on which the child walks. The propeller will then spin at a considerable rate of speed and in some instances only its gearing 1315 will make noise enough to warn pedestrians to clear the track, but for variation and better effect the bell 20 may also be operated. To do this the operator simply retracts his thumb 33 sufficiently to let the spring 31 tilt lever 25 away from the clapper arm so that the clapper can reach thebell. And when he wishes to keep the bell silent again he simply keeps the thumb in pressing contact with the push piece 29.

One of the interesting features is that the propeller rotates at a high rate of speed without the expense of gearing to attain such speed, a cheap belt and pulleys being employed. Other features are the controlled bell ringing and the placing and arrangement of the propeller.

What I claim is 2' In a toy of the kind described. an elongated frame with a handle at its rear end, a ground wheelsupporting the front end of the frame and having a comparatively large belt pulley affixed to it, a small belt pulley rotatable on a stud fixed in the frame rearward of the large pulley, an endless belt engaging the pulleys a bevel gear fixed to the small pulley, a bevel pinion driven by the bevel gear, a suitably journaled upright shaft fixedin the bevel pinion, and a pro -peller-shaped wheel fixed on the upper end ofthe upright shaft, and a bell having a spring actuated clapper operated by the bevel gear and means near the handle operatively connected with the clapper for stopping and starting the ringing of the bell.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

i i CYRIL BUJGER. 

